Florian Myrtaj
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Florian Myrtaj (born 15 September 1976) is an Albanian former footballer who played as a forward.
Myrtaj, who moved to Italy in 1989, aged 13, after having been signed by the Modena F.C. youth section, is also an Italian citizen.
Club career
Myrtaj was born in Vlorë. He reached his highlight during his period at Verona, then in Serie B, where he spent two seasons with a total 13 goals.
Before joining Verona he was signed by Parma in 2002 and sold to Cesena in co-ownership deal along with Christian Terlizzi. In June 2003, Parma bought back Myrtaj and sold him to Verona.[1] After leaving Verona in 2005, he had an unimpressive time at Catanzaro, again in Serie B, before returning to play in the third tier with a number of other teams, including a lacklustre return at Teramo; in September 2008 he joined Sorrento from Arezzo, and spent two seasons with the Campanian side.
International career
He made his debut for Albania in a January 2002 Bahrain Tournament match against Macedonia and earned a total of 25 caps, scoring 3 goals. His final international was a March 2006 friendly match against Lithuania.[2]
International statistics
| Albania national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2 |
| 2004 | 6 | 0 |
| 2005 | 6 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 25 | 3 |
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 12 February 2003 | Stadio Comunale, Bastia Umbra, Italy | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Vietnam | flag alias = Flag of Vietnam.svg | flag alias-1863 = Royal Flag of Vietnam (1802–1885).svg | flag alias-1885 = Flag of Central Vietnam (1885-1890).svg | flag alias-1890 = Standard of the Nguyen Dynasty (1890 - 1920).svg | flag alias-1920 = First flag of the Nguyen Dynasty.svg | flag alias-1945 = Flag of the Empire of Vietnam (1945).svg | flag alias-1945a = Flag of North Vietnam (1945-1955).svg | flag alias-naval = Ensign of Vietnam People's Navy.svg | link alias-naval = Vietnam People's Navy | flag alias-navy = Vietnam People's Navy flag.svg | link alias-navy = Vietnam People's Navy | flag alias-army = Flag of the People's Army of Vietnam.svg | link alias-army = Vietnam People's Ground Force | flag alias-military = Flag of the People's Army of Vietnam.svg | link alias-military = People's Army of Vietnam | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Vietnam People's Air Force.svg | link alias-air force = Vietnam People's Air Force | flag alias-coast guard = Vietnam Coast Guard flag.svg | link alias-coast guard = Vietnam Coast Guard | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || 5–0 || Won || Friendly |
| 2. | 12 February 2003 | Stadio Comunale, Bastia Umbra, Italy | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Vietnam | flag alias = Flag of Vietnam.svg | flag alias-1863 = Royal Flag of Vietnam (1802–1885).svg | flag alias-1885 = Flag of Central Vietnam (1885-1890).svg | flag alias-1890 = Standard of the Nguyen Dynasty (1890 - 1920).svg | flag alias-1920 = First flag of the Nguyen Dynasty.svg | flag alias-1945 = Flag of the Empire of Vietnam (1945).svg | flag alias-1945a = Flag of North Vietnam (1945-1955).svg | flag alias-naval = Ensign of Vietnam People's Navy.svg | link alias-naval = Vietnam People's Navy | flag alias-navy = Vietnam People's Navy flag.svg | link alias-navy = Vietnam People's Navy | flag alias-army = Flag of the People's Army of Vietnam.svg | link alias-army = Vietnam People's Ground Force | flag alias-military = Flag of the People's Army of Vietnam.svg | link alias-military = People's Army of Vietnam | flag alias-air force = Flag of the Vietnam People's Air Force.svg | link alias-air force = Vietnam People's Air Force | flag alias-coast guard = Vietnam Coast Guard flag.svg | link alias-coast guard = Vietnam Coast Guard | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant =
}} || 5–0 || Won || Friendly |
| 3. | 3 September 2005 | Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania | {{ Template:Yesno | alias = Kazakhstan | flag alias = Flag of Kazakhstan.svg | flag alias-1991 = Flag of the Kazakh SSR.svg | flag alias-1992 = Flag of Kazakhstan (1992).svg | flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Kazakhstan.svg | link alias-naval = Kazakh Naval Forces | flag alias-air force = Ensign of Kazakhstan Air Force.svg | link alias-air force = Kazakh Air Defense Forces | flag alias-army = Kazakhstan Armed Forces Flag.svg | link alias-army = Kazakh Ground Forces | flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Kazakhstan.svg | link alias-navy = Kazakh Naval Forces | size = | name = | altlink = national football team | variant = | var1 = 1991 | var2 = 1992
}} || 2–1 || Won || 2006 World Cup qual. | ||||||
| Correct as of 7 October 2015[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Post-playing career
After retirement, Myrtaj worked as a scout for Modena from July 2013 to February 2014.
References
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External links
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- Albania National Team Appearances
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Vlorë
- Albanian men's footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Albania men's international footballers
- Modena FC 2018 players
- US Sassuolo Calcio players
- SSD Virtus CiseranoBergamo 1909 players
- SSD Città di Teramo players
- AC Cesena players
- Hellas Verona FC players
- US Catanzaro 1929 players
- AC Perugia Calcio players
- SS Arezzo players
- Sorrento Calcio 1945 players
- Serie B players
- Serie C players
- Albanian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy